The Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility

Steven R Bayer MD is a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Bayer was previously Director of the In Vitro Fertilization program at New England Medical Center, an Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts Medical School, and Medical Director of the Boston Regional Center for Reproductive Medicine in Stoneham. He is a member of several professional societies including the Boston Obstetrical Society, New England Fertility Society, American Society of Reproductive Medicine and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, among others. Michael M Alper MD is Medical Director and a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and as Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. His interest of in vitro fertilization has led him to be involved in many research studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has written numerous articles, abstracts, letters and books, and has lectured at many scientific meetings throughout the world. Alan S Penzias MD is Surgical Director and Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and Director of the fellowship program in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. He has received numerous grants for research in the field of infertility, including a comparison study of medication in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for IVF. He is an active member of various infertility and medical societies and is on the Board of Directors of the American Fertility Association and is a member of the Executive Counsel of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies. He is also on the Editorial Board of Reproductive Biomedicine online and serves as an ad hoc editor for Fertility and Sterility, reviewing papers submitted for publication. He has served on the Medical Advisory Boards for Organon, Serono Laboratories, and Ferring Pharmaceuticals and has published many peer reviewed articles, reviews, chapters, abstracts and books in the field of infertility.

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

About Boston IVF








Overview of infertility
Alan S Penzias




Factors affecting fertility
Steven R Bayer and Merle Berger




The infertility workup
Jesse Hade




Preconceptional care
Steven R Bayer




Clinical algorithms
Michael M Alper




Treatment options I. Ovulation induction
Selwyn P Oskowitz and Alan Penzias




Treatment options II. Intrauterine insemination
Sonia Elguero and Marsha Forman




Treatment options III. In vitro fertilization
Michael M Alper




Treatment options IV. Third party reproduction Brian M Berger



Fertility care for the LGBT community
Samuel Pang




Evaluation and management of male infertility
Steven Lazarou




Preimplantation genetic testing
Kim L Thornton




Endometriosis and infertility
Dan Griffin




Polycystic ovary syndrome
Rita M Sneeringer and Kristin Wright




Recurrent pregnancy loss
Benjamin Lannon and Alison E Zimon




Fertility preservation for cancer patients
David A Ryley




Elective egg freezing
Kerri Luzzo and Samuel Pauli




The IVF laboratory
Denny Sakaas, Brent Barret, Kathy Go






Tools for effective nursing in the care of the infertile patient
Sharon Edwards, Susan Gordon-Pennell, Kristin McCutcheon




The mind and body connection
Alice D Domar




Infertility Counseling and The Role of the Infertility Counselor
Jeanie Ungerleider, Terry Chen Rothchild and Lynn Nichols




Medical ethics in reproductive medicine
Steven R Bayer and Kim L Thornton




Integrating quality management into a fertility practice
Michael Alper




The True ART: How to deliver the best patient care



Derek Larkin